the leaders of libya's warring functions are in. talks brokered by russia. the war torn nations rival administrations. on tuesday. what's coming up as the u.s. hits around with another round of sanctions the islamic republic faces a 2nd day of domestic protests over its. creamy and plain. infrastructure in east africa. europe is in the driving modern day. with a human rights watch representative all say. they have absolutely no choice

in. america often subjected to very abusive conditions. wherever you're churning in from this hour run the world welcome to moscow and to our international names you know neil. the leaders of libya's warring factions have been in moscow for talks this monday in the hopes of hammering out a cease fire deal the negotiations have been brokered by russia turkey there are foreign ministers say expect an agreement to be signed tomorrow meetings after a concerted push. to deescalate hostilities in libya the war ravaged country is divided between an internationally recognized government in the capital tripoli and the rival administration in the east which is allied to the rebel general how they

found after a draft deal circulated earlier calls on all sides to ensure the sustainability of any cease fire come about terrorism and human trafficking and work to improve the humanitarian situation in the country. new teacher to turkey and russia produced a draft don't comment that was reviewed in detail today we too can do a count of the proposal for a compromise between the parties suggested by general have 2 of the parties the agreement stipulates concrete details of the ceasefire reached on this wealth of january the draft document suggests that all parties involved stop all military actions and observe the cease fire conditions meanwhile a commission is to be established and all that is determined that contact line between the warring sides russia and turkey a promise to support all sides in the conflict to help them implement the agreements now that solves began early on monday and lasted for more than 6 hours

however it wasn't the perfect ending to the day. but it was a student the president of the government of national culottes mr soros and his counterpart just signed a document. to have requested more time to choose their mornings to work out the details before signing we hope very much they would do the representatives of russia and turkey will be supporting the process ceasefire became possible thanks to suggestions by a russian president vladimir putin and his his counterpart. there doug on both leaders showed a united front on the issue following talks and in istanbul last week should the document be signed this year's date will be a major milestone for libya a country that's been torn by a military conflict since the u.s. led nato invasion in 2011 that the government's awful moammar gadhafi at the moment there are 2 governments in libya one that controls a larger part of the country the libyan national army led by general leave the hots

are however an internationally recognized government off national accord with headquarters in tripoli that by saraj controlled smaller portion now once the talks in moscow are concluded a big conference on the issue is expected in berlin and as we hear at the moment all the leaders all 3 major players in this issue are expected there as well mark mellman from the u.k.'s crisis research institute believes russia and turkey have a crucial role to play in bringing a degree of stability to libya. if it's possible to freeze the current fighting lines that at least gives time and the possibility of further discussions there's always the risk in a situation we have so many different militias taking part that some subgroup may decide to engage in fighting that then begins to unravel it but there is i think hope that we have influential external actors on both sides acting together and

that offers the prospect that the voice of reason could be heard both in tripoli and also in general have told headquarters turkey of russia as in syria have. different sides in the conflict but they are willing to cooperate and that has helped to calm the conflict in syria as we've seen all the end it and i think that kind of model. you have people who can say well this protest together because each of us is aware of the interests of people on the ground that is a potentially positive step and we'll see obviously at the weekend whether we have a full peace conference in berlin. moving on really in police used tear gas to disperse government protesters on 2 grounds freedom square on sunday as mass demonstrations continued for a 2nd day it follows the country's admission in all intentionally shot down a ukrainian or a liner last week killing all 176 people on board protesters have been calling on iran's leadership including the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei to resign

over disaster they also want those directly responsible for the dining of the flight to face justice iran's armed forces have said that the jet was mistaking the identified as a hostile target and that it was flying close to a sense the facility revolutionary guards commander has expressed deep regret over the tragedy apologizing to the victims from me. margaret gently. nice words on mighty god i wish i were in that plane and it crashed with the men and. i did not witness this tragic incident we made a mistake and a number of our compatriots were martyred because of our mistake but it was an intentional we apologize we are sorry but we will make up for it motion of tensions soared after a us drone at 10 days ago which left a senior commander dead in baghdad and it would seem that of looking to calm the situation washington has opted to continue to apply pressure on iran you've been

looking into that side of things. as washington seated on the verge of an all out war with iran it looked like it had just stepped outside of its comfort zone the risk of plunging the middle east into yet a nother disastrous conflict was an obvious weight on the u.s. but now with the tensions easing america is back in familiar territory waging a political and economic campaign to force its rival into submission what is our strategy post the confidence of the man in killing and post the ballistic missile attack on the united states this is our strategy we are diplomatically and economically isolating their regime in iran in till they behave like a normal nation washington has charted these waters through and through and it's not afraid to get creative and putting iran under pressure after admitting to accidentally downing a ukrainian jetliner with more than

a 170 people on board to iran has seen a fresh outbreak in antigovernment protests and demonstrators the haven't suffered from any lack of support from the u.s. with donald trump even taking a crash course in persian to write this tweet to the brave long suffering people of iran i've stood with you since the beginning of my presidency and my administration will continue to stand with you we are following your protests closely and are inspired by your courage. translated no obstacles and no language barriers can stand in the way of democracy and to make sure that nothing is lost in translation here washington is backing up its words with action a method tried and trusted sanctions we are announcing additional sanctions against the iranian regime as a result of these actions we will cut off billions of dollars of support to the

iranian regime israel as its tradition was quick to cheer it always does whenever things take a turn for the worse for iran i commend president truman for imposing new and very harsh sanctions against his regime i must say that this was also doing close to the iranian decision to accelerate uranium enrichment i'll call on britain france and germany to join the american effort but few other nations share the excitement for iran a nation that spent decades under all flavors of sanctions being free of them is more of a challenge actually the united states on me wants to think that sense that it's a superpower that it can do whatever it wants so heard iran through sanctions that hurt china warfare and trade wars it tries to hurt russia through sanctions but ultimately what it does is that it brings these are countries closer to each other and other countries become more more more negative view of the u.s.

government and i think in the long run what it does is that it diminishes the stature of the united states and the capability of the united states to maintain its had germany america's economic crusade against iran is rubbing europe the wrong way to the e.u. is in an ill tempered clash with washington over the iran nuclear deal which was derailed by the us we have been saying to pass that we continue saying that we regret the u.s. decision to withdraw from the deal. and we couldn't do. leading the deal is a key element of the low ball nuclear nonproliferation. and you tickell for to the original stability. is that germany's convinced that iran shouldn't choir have nuclear weapons for this reason will continue to employ all diplomatic means to keep this agreement alive it is certainly not perfect but it is an agreement and it comprises commitments by all sides. together we have made clear our regret and

concern at the decision by the united states to draw from the way and to reimpose sanctions on iran and the us is dishing out new assurances it is ready to solve all this mess with words without preconditions even if we will meet with them where want to sit down discuss without precondition a new way forward a a series of steps by which iran becomes a more normal country but in the past few years with iran alone the us went back on its word had 0 interest in its allies concerns and assassinated a high profile official they unilaterally branded a terrorist just a few months before so the u.s. can talk up diplomacy for sure they're one of the best at it you do have a hard time to find a nother country with a case of selective amnesia this severe for the promises it had made. just in terms of reaction to his stance at home according to a recent poll carried out by a.b.c.

news a majority of americans disapprove of the way mr trump so far the escalating crisis in the middle east. now renie and state media reported on monday a terror has officially designated the pentagon and its subsidiaries a terrorist organization president hassan rouhani signed off on changes to existing legislation which u.s. central command was already blacklisted the amendment had been approved by lawmakers last week the move comes in response to america's killing of general kassam so a money which infuriated the islamic republic's leadership. let's go live no 2 political analyst here for his take good to see you on the program. should be what does a runs the station mean in practical terms. in practical terms i think nothing

really changes it just clarifies want america want to iran and the iranian people and i hasten to say. you know when you said that the killing of general causing so many infuriated the government of iran i think it infuriated the people of iran significantly more you had close to 5 to 7000000 i've heard varying figures just into. so it infuriated all of iran all of the resistance axis and want to this law does by designating the u.s. and they're gone and sent home and the u.s. military as a terrorist organization is essentially make it very clear to the entire world what has been being said by the leaders of iran and of the resistance axis for quite for a long time since the beginning that the problem is not the people of america or

the people of any other country not the civilians the problem is the military apparatus and the administration that uses this military as a mystery force to further. essentially economic and your money. objectives so i think in that regard it's actually a very important. signing into law in terms of on the ground i don't think it really will change anything i mean those people who see america for what it is i mean anyone who just wants to understand why people in the region and free people across the world see america as a terrorist entity and again i need to it's the term though isn't it should be like by what reasonable definition of of terrorism cut the pentagon be labeled a terrorist organization you know as soon as we have to look into terms of accept terrorists deliberately using violence against civilians in pursuit of political goals is not right well yes you've got that and you've also got the the various

episodes i was going to such as you've got the bombings that it's done in in aden in insane summer in yemen you've got the wanton support it provides to the atrocities committed by the israeli regime in the surly regime you've got the crimes that it's done in afghanistan the crimes it's done in so many of the crimes it's done in every place that it's actually set foot in america let's not forget america has designated. the military on the. be slower evolution god cool as a terrorist organization from quite some time ago and that's that's the reason that it could turn around to the whole world and say that opossum soleimani which wasn't so their money was a terrorist or something even though that is not the case but if the americans want to play this game then they need to be ready for a degree of reciprocation because america is acting in an extremely disgusting fashion. i mean where does it leave where does that leave relations then between

washington and what with this escalation well to be fair this escalation came entirely from the american side as as is now pretty much public knowledge as possible. you know he was coming to iraq at the invite to the president the prime minister of iraq on a mission of peace to try and work out some sort of arrangement some sort of peace accord with the sorrow of these bees of yemen in other places so america is the one that is causing problems in every place it goes to what way does that leave everything will be fair it exposes further the lies of america you know america seems to get away with everything and refuses to abide by any sort of international law it's dropped out of the international court of justice the i.c.c. the human rights council now it has no respect for any law except it's little i mean it doesn't respect its own people just even some veterans i've spoken to

veterans and i see the pain these boys are going through they come back from all manner of different places you know with their arms destroyed their site destroyed massive psychological problems and they treated the senshi like junk like garbage ok and this is you know this is this country that professes to be quote unquote the home of the free and i just wanted to bring in something because just in fact that what you're been speaking at by donald trump said in a recent tweet it didn't really matter if solomon he was planning an imminent attack you know that those beg the question to what extent does that undermine america's attempts to justify the killing. there is no justification look america feels that anyone who stands up to him. is essentially fair game and this i mean one thing i really need to emphasize and i think everyone has to think on this and reflect on this american sesame to foreign diplomats or foreign military general in foreign territory because it didn't like him to put it very

simplistically they didn't like him that was the underlying problem. what is to stop america tomorrow from saying well we don't like for example mr putin we don't like the russian foreign minister all of the chinese foreign minister or the british foreign minister for that matter or the french or anyone if they don't like someone does that mean that they can turn around and say oh we're going to organize a drone strike on this person and kill them this is the law of the jungle this is not the law of civilized people this is not sane i mean you just just it just for a simple comparison of how world leaders operate you look at how mr putin is dealing with this crisis in libya in the earlier report you mentioned it that is trying to bring people together to have peace to have dialogue and not take out guns all the russians got plenty of guns but it doesn't take them out because it's intelligence material america on the other hand is like a it's a country that is it's in its state of like it's got teenage angst it seems it's

right all the time and in the whole scheme of things when you look at the age of nations america is essentially a teenager it's got a huge amount of teenage angst things it's always right no one can tell anything and when anyone does tell it something if there is it's toys out the pram cries are closed through the time and in that tantrum people die political analysts shabbier house anally live on the program this are thank you. moving on wiki leaks co-founder julian assange was in court in london on monday for a routine administrative hearing on his possible extradition to the u.s. during the session just lawyers were granted more time after they complained of not having the opportunity to go over case files with their client or video agency ruptly was there on the scene exiting the court a crowd of his supporters had gathered to protest against his extradition a son just currently serving time in a british high security jail for skipping bail awaiting on his full extradition

hearing set for next month the u.s. has indicted him on 17 counts of espionage and one of conspiracy to hack a government computer in 2010 whistleblower publish classified military cables allegedly outlining u.s. war crimes last april he was forcibly removed by british police from the ecuadorian embassy in london after terminated his 7 year asylum. huge funds to areas in africa are driving slavery on the continent that is the claim being made by human rights organizations against the use infrastructure project in eritrea the bid to improve the eastern african nation has been described as involving years of forced labor. or reports. if you've been on a 2 covey if your t. back harboring a hidden disease is your neighbor planning on eating your pepperoni don't worry it is got a regulation for everything but according to human rights organizations it failed

miserably to regulate its own behavior and it all started with an apparently innocent bed to boost security and eritrea will launching $20000000.00 euro program to rebuild the roads connecting both countries this will boost straight consolidate stability and have good benefits for the citizens of both countries through the gratian of sustainable growth and jobs so far so good unless of course you're the one put to work on this great collaboration because the chances are your force conscript the african nation has compulsory national service that used to last for 18 months but now sees people trapped in over 20 years it's a practice it's been likened by human rights organizations the un and the european parliament to mass enslavement conscripts compared national service to modern day slavery saying this for torture and other ill treatment rest unlike basic sanitation and hygiene form

a conscript 72 hour weeks and harsh conditions with no food and pay equivalent to $17.00 a month is one of the main reasons eritrea is called the world's fastest emptying country as young men continue their mass exodus but despite knowing conscripts were being used generally the delicate situation and a country that was a lot in a guerrilla war for 3 decades the e.u. says that really had no idea that untoward things were going on. the e.u. does not pay for labor under this project the project only covers the procurement of materials and equipment to support the rehabilitation of roads in fact the e.u. doesn't even have an office in eritrea to monitor this ongoing project instead it relies on local authorities the agency is not monitoring the implementation of the project the project is carried out by the government and progress is monitored by the ministry of public works the e.u. is in trusting its project to an arm of the government which is internationally

slammed as one of the world's worst human rights abuses which the u.n. describes as authoritarian and repressive and which lived under a un sanctions for 9 years it's almost as if the e.u. has something at stake here other than creating great roads of course like stemming the tide of migrants for example because 2016. 1000 eritreans apply for asylum in the bloc so yes this e.u. project will lift the local economy and bring peace but crucially it will create jobs and that will keep eritreans in their homeland and not crossing on to european shorts. in directly supporting this project by. material to help build the road problem is that what they need to make sure is that any support going to eritrea is not. some mentoring this incredibly repressive system and there are trends

a land by the way which happens to be one of the most strategic areas in the world it's coast runs along the red sea which is a key link between europe and asia it's also an ideal access point to an african market with low labor costs and it's a natural resource gold mine with gas gold oil zinc you name it eritrea's got it eric harris obviously placed in a very strategic location along the red sea it is the access to. see ethiopia and from the european point of view it is obviously one of the countries which many asylum seekers here in europe are coming from and they're coming and they're free because of the human rights situation so it seems that when you've got something to gain it's easier to be. anonymous than your own employment law. ok some more news from across the globe for you starting in alaska where one lucky was the fide the odds he was rescued on thursday after surviving 3 weeks in remote freezing

wilderness his home in the valley. forcing him to sleep in a snow cave and live off the goods on till he will fall and. half a 1000000 people in the philippines to flee their homes after the. near the capital manila you just be able to make out storms here through the thick ash clouds disrupting the services of the capital's international airport scientists in the country are warning that the threat level is highly explosive eruption in the coming days. and a cease fire agreement brokered by turkey and russia came into effect in syria's northwestern province over the weekend in recent weeks the muskets stepped up its efforts to reclaim the country's last rebel held region which is home to the control of the extremist group to rear i'll show the united nations estimates that over 300000 people have fled their homes as

a result of the violence are sheltering close to the turkish border. the u.k. government is facing pressure to apply greater a foreign travel restrictions to known paedophiles it's claimed gaps in the legislation leave youngsters especially in asia vulnerable to predators that concern was part of a report over 2 m.p.'s in westminster following an independent inquiry into child sexual abuse mentions profile cases of former glam rock singer gary glitter he was found guilty in the u.k. for done loading child pornography then years later convicted in asia for abusing minors another is britain's worst ever paedophile richard huckle he's been convicted of 71 counts of sexual assaults. in children most of them committed in milledge where he worked as a teacher and received 20 to life sentences shall be edward. moore on the inquiry.

look them up and throw away the key it's an argument you'll often hear from people when it comes to child abuse is and while the u.k. has come down on child abuse here in britain its legal system may be failing youngsters abroad that's because no known british sex offenders and suspects prosecuted for such crimes are still able to travel with some of them re-offending overseas in fact of the near 6000 sexual orders imposed in england and wales in the last few years only an 11 also has foreign travel restrictions added meaning of all the registered sex offenders on record only around 0.2 percent have had their rights to foreign travel stopped and according to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse that could be having a devastating impact. to the u.k. . listed below the disaster. which must be huge and. this is a. really good time. and this is.

the inquiry was given evidence of abuse by british travellers in countries ranging from kenya all the way to the philippines the report also found that abuses target disadvantaged families where relatives act as facilitators often financial poverty plays a key factor there's also areas too can also pose a particular risk last year oxfam start for accused of sexually exploiting children in the haiti following devastating earthquakes and 2010 the issue that has been raised by the child abuse inquiry is an old one and has historically been going on for decades we have allowed people with child abuse convictions to travel out of the country and often times unless they're arrested in the destination country for the same issue then they go completely and. detected part of the problem is we don't have a grip on child abuse in the u.k. if we did then we would be able to manage paedophiles much better than we currently

are not child abuse s. we need not just to be looking at people who are going to be arrested in another country or indeed happen to rest another country but we need to properly see who is leaving the country and who is coming into the country and if they have child abuse convictions we must see that very seriously indeed now the report concluded with recommendations for the government and topping the list was restricting foreign travel of sex offenders turn show that youngsters are not just those in the u.k. out of harm's way ok rob saw the news our for an hour on this monday the 13th of january but do stick close as more great programs get their start in mere moments. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us on the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see you.

on this edition of crossfire we conduct a post-mortem of the recent u.s. around conflict what has changed and what bodes for the future issues the mainstream corporate media refuse to discuss. they were going underground as amidst the continuing global crisis sparked by it all trump order this as a nation in iraq bricks it comes up for debate in britain's out of lords the head of the end of u.k. representation in the e.u. parliament in fewer than 20 days time coming up with a show you.